Adjustable miter box



y 7, 1953 H. H. HEMPE ADJUSTABLE MITER BOX 7 Filed Aug. 14, 1948 9.42040 H. HEMPE IN V EN TOR.

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Patented July 7, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT, @GFFICE ADJUSTABEE MITER BOX Harold EI-L'Hempe. Wauwatosa, Wis. Application August 14, 1948, Serial' 'No. 44am This invention relates'toa miter box which is.

not merely adjustable to position the sawat various angles for use, but is also adjustable for purposes of calibration and is adjustable to a position where the -saw=is carried behind the employ either a back saw or a conventional saw and readily adjustable to clamp the saw for transportation and to release it for use.

Still other objects will be developed more fully in connection with the --f'ollow-ing disclosure of the invention.

'In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective showinga miter box embodying my invention, portions of the back being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentarydetail view on an enlarged scale in section through -a portion of the base and the mounting post for the saw guide.

3 is a view in rear elevation of the miter box shown inFig. 1, portions of the back being broken away.

Fig. 4-is a plan view of Fig. 1.

My improved miter box comprises a 'base at 5 which may be provided with rubber feet at 6 if the miter box-shown i desired. Along its back edge the base is slightly Between the parts 9 and l-fl-of the back/the portion 1 of the base is'provided with a screwthreaded opening l2 into. which the screwthreaded lower extremity 13 of the mou-ntiirg post I4 is screwed. As best appears'i-n Figs. 2. and 3, the screwthreaded portion Id of post H is off center with respect to the post, whereby the post is eccentrica'lly movable on an orbit of slightradius as the screwthreaded shank I3 is rotated in the base 5 of the miter box. Ihepurpose of this is to provide a calibrating adjustment SGlaims. (Cl. 143-89?) for the saw guide, as will hereinafter be described. 'Lock'nuts Iiand -I-6 are provided on the screwthreaded shank I-3 above and below the base and these are clamped tightly upon the base through the intervening washers M, It, to hold the post Min any selected adjustment.

The saw guide comprises two separately fabricated parts [9 and 20, each of which is stirrupg shaped as clearly shown in Fig. *1. The part 28 is provided-with-a reenforcin'g flange 2| which is integral with 'a clamping ear at 22. A cooperating car 23 projects from the side of the guide member 20 and the two ears arecorresp'ondingly'channeled'to provide a split bearing for clampingly engaging'the'pos't .M. The hand screw 2t passes through car 23 "and is threaded to ear 22. This screw is 'used to-tighten and release clamping engagement of the ears 22, 23 upon the post. Other bearings at 25 and 26 project integrally from the guide member 20 to engage thepost, these last mentioned bearings be'ingfree for rotative and axial movement respecting the post.

A segment '21 projects horizontally from the guide element 20, being integral with such element and with its bearing collar 25. As best shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the periphery of segment 21 is notched at points which are suitably'marked in degrees to indicate the rotative angle to which the saw guide is adjusted respecting alinedrawn across the base atright angles tothe back of the miter box. The back element 9 of the miter box is provided with .a latch plate 28 slotted .at 29 I to be guided for oblique movement upon the guide bolts 31, '32, which project from the rear side of the miter box back element 9. Said element may desirably be provided with anobliquely inclined kerf or channel 34 in which the plate.

'from the notch, the segment will be freed to permit the saw guide assembly to be rotated on the post 14 (the clamp screw '24 being first released) to a new position of adjustment, whereupon the latch plate 28 may be dropped into engagement with the notch which indicates the plus or angle of the desired adjustment 3 from the normal position. If desired, the clamp 24 may be 50 adjusted that it merely provides suitable friction on the post, without being rigidly clamped thereto.

For holding a saw to the guide element it thus supported from the post, I provide the second guide element IS with a plurality of separate screws connecting it to guide element as. Near the top of the saw guides l9 and 29, such guides are provided with several holes for bolts 36, 3': and 38, the latter being at the top. Each of these bolts is provided with a manually operable nut,

character 40. V w that of bolt 36 and 31, but lower than the level of bolt 38, the respective guides 19 and 29 are provided on their inner faces with bosses 4H, 42,

one of which is tapped to receive a set screw 43 which bears against the other boss to limit the approach of the guide elements I9 and 2d at this point.

Near their lower margins, the saw guides l9 manipulation of the single nut til will either spring the guide element IQ to separate the bosses to permit the blade of the saw to move freely, or, if the nut is unscrewed, it will permit the resilience of the guide element It to clampingly engage the blade to support it for transportation' The engagement and release of the blade is effected in the same manner whether a back saw or a. conventional carpenters saw is mounted between the guides. A carpenters saw 59 is shown therein in dotted lines in Fig. land in full lines in Fig. 4.

The latch plate 28, when thrust. downwardly into engagement with one of the notches of segment 2?, acts with a wedging action between its guide bolts 3!, 32, and the opposing segment.

This hold the said guides i9 and 29 very rigidlyin the selected position of adjustment. IIo outbearing support for the guide assembly is required and the entire miter box is therefore entirely open for the insertion and removal of work to be out. When the plate 28 is lifted to free the guides for oscillation upon the post M, the adjustment is very speedily effected and the plate is readily reengagedwith a new notch in the segment 2'! if desired. However, if it be desired to fold the apparatus for transportation, the height of post la is such that before the bearing ear clears the top thereof, the seg-' ment 2? will clear the top of the miter box back element :0, whereby the entire guide assembly may be swung from the operative position of Fig.

1 to the inoperative position of Fig. l and mayv there be lowered with the saw directly behind the back elements 9 and ll) of the miter box, the saw being preferably already clamped between said guides I9 and 20 by the release or the manually operable nut fifl on bolt 38. To restore the saw and guides to position for use, it is only necessary to lift them, swing the saw and guides During this adjustment the nut id on the top bolt 38 will be free. Once this adjustment is effected, the mere 4 over the back element I0, and lower them to the work in approximately the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, engaging the latch plate 28 in the selected notch of the segment, and tightening the nut 40 sufiiciently to pring guide element [9 and thereby to release the blade from clamping engagement of bosses 44 and 45 against the opposing bosses 45 and 4'1. The apparatus is then in condition foruse.

For initial or any subsequent calibration, the nuts IE or IE, or one of them, is loosened while the segment 21 is anchored by the latch plate 28; The post [4 is then rotated eccentrically by screwing or unscrewing its threaded shank portion [3 in base 5. This will cause the portion of the guide remote from the post to oscillate through a space up to one-fourth of an inch.

" When the angle between the saw and the back elements 9 and i0 is accurate in accordance with the calibration in which the latch plate is engaged at the time, the nuts l5 and I6 are tightened to maintain the calibrated adjustment and thereafter adjustment is made simply by lifting the latch plate and oscillating the guide members upon the post. No further calibration is necessary unless calibration'is destroyed, in which case the device may be recalibrated as above described.

The apparatus herein disclosed is an improvement upon the device of the expired patent to Converse, No. 716,384, dated December 23, 1902, the particular improvement being pointed out in the accompanying claims.

I claim:

1. In a miter box, the combination with a saw guide, of an upright post upon which said guide is oscillatable, and means on the box for latchingthe guide in selected angles of adjustment, the post having an off center base of circular contour and a mounting comprising a bearing in which the base is rotatable for eccentrically adjusting the post in said mounting for calibrating the saw guide to said latching means, together with means for clamping the post in calibrated position.

2. In a miter box, the combination with a saw guide, of an upright post upon which said guide is oscillatable, and means for latching the guide in selected angles of adjustment, the post having an eccentric mounting adjustable for calibration, said box being provided with a bearing and said post being provided with an eccentric shank in said bearing, and clamping means adjustable upon the shank and engageable axially thereof with the bearing.

3. In a miter box, the combination with a saw guide, of an upright post upon which said guide is oscillatable, and means for latching the guide in selected angles of adjustment, the post having an eccentric mounting adjustable for calibration, said box being provided with a tapped bearing and said post being provided with an eccentric shank threaded in said bearing, and

clamping means adjustable upon the threads and engageable with the bearing.

4. A miterbox comprising a back and a base, a guide post having an eccentric shank in threaded connection with the base and upon which the post maybe oscillated for calibration purposes, a lock nut threaded to the shank and in clamping engagement with the base for maintaining post calibration, and a saw guide oscillatable upon the post and provided with a projecting segment, the miter box having a latch plate selectively engageable with the segment for determining the angular position of the saw guide, subject to calibration by the rotation of said post respecting the base.

5. The combination set forth in claim 4 in which said saw guide comprises a pair of guide elements, one of which is provided integrally with a bearing on said post and the other is provided with means for adjustably supporting it for movement to and from the element having a post bearing.

HAROLD H. HEMPE.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Cowell Aug. 20, 1889 Number 6 Number Name Date 665593 Page Jan. 8,1901 716,522 Converse Dec. 23, 1902 766,796 Richards Aug. 2, 1904 766,799 Richards Aug. 2, 1904 834,073 Parsons Oct. 23, 1906 1,738,200 Pealer Dec. 3, 1929 OTHER REFERENCES Motor Automotive Repair Manual, Studebaker Auxiliary Steering Arm 1947-1949 Champion TL 152. 

